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yes, actually. thank you however my budget wont allow me to spend 60 bucks on it. Do you know of another source by chance? I may turn to the DIY route.

Howdy - Does anyone know of a good place to buy a weldless thermowell that will house the temperature probe of a Love controller (or something similar: the probe is about 2" in length by approx. 3/16" diameter). I do not want a typical weldless thermowell that is approx. ½" in diameter. I...

Hi guys - I remember a while ago someone posted a link to a site that sold weldless thermometers that were inexpensive. I am on a budget and need to get one for my keggle but don't know where too look. Also, anyone have any complaints on inexpensive thermometers? Thanks, cmp

they are for propane.

why are blow-off recommened more for hefes?

Howdy - I brewed all grain for the first time on my new Brutus! It was a awesome although I had no idea it would take 6 hours! (up until 3:30am on Tuesday) It took a very long time to get my kettle to a boil and I couldn't reach the ideal 'rigorous' boil. Anyway, my burners have 23...

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Great, that is good to know. Thanks again.

Well on my spurge during the Brutus build I also picked up a refractometer. What is the usual reading when you are done sparging?

Well I wasn't planning on necessarily measuring out my sparge water in my HLT before hand but didn't want to end up with 8 gals in my kettle and have to boil for 2 hours to reduce it to about 5.5 gals. I guess another way of looking at it -- what would be the ideal s.g. of the run-off to...

That is what I thought I read on the sticky but wouldn't that mean that I would use about 11.08 gal of h20? (5.39 for the sparge and 5.69 for the mash). That seems really high. I understand that the mash will soak up some water but how much will I then have in my kettle after sparging...

Howdy - So I am firing up my Brutus this Sunday for the first time! I am very excited to use my new set up after spending many, many hours putting the system together and also b/c I am going all-grain for the first time. My question: On the Brutus, how much H2O should I prepare to use...

Thanks - that helps. Even if you shut off the ball valve you would still get some spillage (leakage) when you, say, disconnect the QD from the ball valve on the pump or the kettle -- really what ever is still in the hose will spill out unless you either put a bucket underneath it or crimp the...

Hi guys and gals - I posted this under the brutus tread but I figured other ppl have experience with the plastic quick disconnects outside of that thread. So last night I basically finished up my brutus ten (it was a long project) and I noticed that my plastic quick disconnects are straight...

Howdy - So last night I basically finished up my brutus ten (it was a long project) and I noticed that my plastic quick disconnects are straight through (no internal valve that prohibits fluids to pass once disconnected). This seems like it would cause a very messy brew day. Does anyone...